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A window into the mind of likely future Vice President of USA. Cheapest physical copy I found.

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by J. D. Vance about the Appalachian values of his Kentucky family and the social and socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother's parents moved when they were young.

James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American politician, lawyer, author, and US Marine veteran who has been serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023.A member of the Republican Party, he is the party's nominee for vice president in the 2024 election.

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  • Headless on 20/07/2024 - 07:03
    +8

    Is anyone going to buy this?
    Serious question

    United States of Australia

    MAGA

    • mapax on 20/07/2024 - 07:06

      Probably very few, but it will probably cause some pearl clutching.

      @Clear How many negs for you to consider buying? It would look good next to Thai Honey…

      • Loki556 on 20/07/2024 - 07:11

        “pearl clutching” - haven’t heard that one before.

        I have Obamas boon somewhere, would look good next to that.

        And I am not googling Thai Honey!

        • Headless on 20/07/2024 - 07:13

          Obamas audio book i thought was quite good.

          Not so much political stuff as i thought it would be.

        • Lizard Spock on 20/07/2024 - 12:18

          Did you say Thai Honey?

    • HolyCr4p on 20/07/2024 - 07:08
      +3

      No. Thanks for saving me 26.99 bucks

    • King Steuart on 20/07/2024 - 10:00
      +1

      It's 'MAGOA' now, get with it

    • djmm on 20/07/2024 - 10:27
      +2

      It's a bestseller, so yes.

  • PainToad on 20/07/2024 - 07:14
    +2

    https://youtu.be/_uljnjmjD9E

    mid 20s hillbilly should write a memoir, which is the most millennial thing ever. A memoir of his life as somebody who had never done anything or held a job just because he was at Yale Law School

    • voteoften on 20/07/2024 - 12:05
      +1

      Pretty sure this was after he was working in a big firm

  • superbird on 20/07/2024 - 07:25

    Every newsreader on fox news claim this is an amazing read

  • Headless on 20/07/2024 - 07:26
    -1

    I'm looking forward to the Albanese memoirs

    • vash5 on 20/07/2024 - 15:26
      +3

      Empty pages, just like his policies

      • prizefightinyeti on 20/07/2024 - 18:10
        -1

        Because Scotty's was full of level headed, intelligently informed…. Oh wait. It was a load of evangelical bullshit.

        I know who I'd rather have as prime minister

        • vash5 on 20/07/2024 - 21:59
          -1

          Typical.. instead of calling out loser leadership you fall back to.. what about ism

          • prizefightinyeti on 21/07/2024 - 10:23
            -1

            @vash5: I'd much rather a prime minister who causes little harm. Politics is what about ism. You are delusional if you don't think so. How can you establish the performance of a leader without comparison? Liberal governments are constantly disparaging the labor government, but if you compare their performance to the years that the liberals were in power, the labor government are consistently better in almost every qualitative measure.

            Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

            • vash5 on 21/07/2024 - 16:04

              @prizefightinyeti:

              1. You seem to think i vote lib 😂 i dont

              but if you compare their performance to the years that the liberals were in power, the labor government are consistently better in almost every qualitative measure.

              1. Great, then that should be very easy for you to provide references to uphold your statement. Ill be waiting
  • Stuj on 20/07/2024 - 07:40
    +1

    Skip the book, its a movie i believe

    • King Steuart on 20/07/2024 - 10:00
      -1

      On Fox News every night?

    • NinjaChicken on 20/07/2024 - 15:53

      Deliverance?

      • NinjaChicken on 20/07/2024 - 15:56

        No wait. It’s that TV series Ozark, isn’t it?

  • El Chyeah on 20/07/2024 - 07:44

    Doesn't he dedicate three pages of this book to sharing how he had sex with a sofa?

    • mapax on 20/07/2024 - 07:47

      Sounds like it might really go with Thai Honey if that’s the case…

    • ad62623 on 20/07/2024 - 08:36

      Can you buy this and take a photo of that page. As funny as it sounds I couldn't find any proof. But it's so widespread surely it isn't made up…

      • El Chyeah on 21/07/2024 - 15:09
        +1

        Ok I didn't buy the book, but I tracked down a copy from an alternative source….

        It is not in the book at all. Guess I fell for twitter misinformation.

    • djmm on 20/07/2024 - 10:28

      You never had sex in sofa before?

      • NinjaChicken on 20/07/2024 - 15:58

        With, not in.

        • djmm on 20/07/2024 - 16:12

          The guy I responded too said in, hence my question

  • shaybisc on 20/07/2024 - 08:04
    +7

    "J.D. Vance once feared that Donald Trump might become “America’s Hitler.” Now he’s Trump’s running mate. But never mind that history. Trump and Vance have a lot of things, including this, in common: They’re both con men who despise their most avid supporters.

    Indeed, Vance, despite stiff competition, may be the most cynical major figure in modern American politics. You never know whether Trump believes the false things he says; Vance is smart enough to know that he has pulled off a monumental political bait-and-switch."

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/opinion/jd-vance-hillbill…

    • TEER3X on 20/07/2024 - 08:07
      +6

      Grifters gonna grift

    • Alistair79 on 20/07/2024 - 08:16
      +5

      Paul Krugman doesnt like a Republican. Im shocked!

      • shaybisc on 20/07/2024 - 08:52
        +2

        “I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance."

        “I do wonder, how do you make that decision?” Romney mused to me as Vance was degrading himself on the campaign trail that summer. “How can you go over a line so stark as that—and for what?” Romney wished he could grab Vance by the shoulders and scream: This is not worth it! “It’s not like you’re going to be famous and powerful because you became a United States senator. It’s like, really? You sell yourself so cheap?” The prospect of having Vance in the caucus made Romney uncomfortable. “How do you sit next to him at lunch?”

        • Grok on 20/07/2024 - 09:05
          +3

          Also by Krugman

          *”By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.”

  • punkindrublic on 20/07/2024 - 08:40
    +7

    I read it when it came out, and it is a good memoir of the challenges growing up in poverty as a 'hillbilly'. Definitely not a 'political' book from my recollection, and is an interesting story even if you look at Vance in 2024 and don't like the man.

    • mskeggs on 20/07/2024 - 08:56
      +8

      I read it too, with the same feelings.
      He didn’t strike me as extreme or ill considered, just a guy who had a difficult up bringing who was smart. That his conclusions for addressing problems were about more law enforcement, less welfare etc. made him seem a pretty moderate republican.
      I’m surprised at the things he has said in the last few years, and put it down to the closed “bubble” of media and politics that distorts the way people view the world until they can’t be sensible anymore (I think this happens on all political sides).

  • Daniel Plainview on 20/07/2024 - 08:54
    +15

    Lol this guy speaks the truth calling out Trump as 'America's Hitler' etc - then flipflops on that to be running mate.

    If that doesn't tell you all you need to know about his personal integrity I dunno what does. American politics is in a very, very sad state.

    • RecklessMonkeys on 20/07/2024 - 09:59
      +3

      Unless it was a compliment?

    • vash5 on 20/07/2024 - 15:29
      +4

      Lol this guy speaks the truth calling out Trump as 'America's Hitler' etc - then flipflops on that to be running mate.

      Because no one is allowed to change their mind or be wrong 🤷‍♂️

      He changed his mind after Trump was president because he saw that he did a good job.

  • shaybisc on 20/07/2024 - 09:02
    +3

    You could not be a more complete fraud than J.D.

  • Daniel Harris on 20/07/2024 - 09:10
    +4

    I can't speak to him as a politician, but this is an amazing book.

    Absolutely worth reading, no matter your political leanings

  • mickeyjuiceman on 20/07/2024 - 09:16
    +1

    Not sure how it's a "memoir" given none of this stuff happened to him, only to his extended family.

  • King Steuart on 20/07/2024 - 10:01

    The son Donald never had

    The bearded son Donald never had

    The AI improved bearded son Donald never had

  • abc on 20/07/2024 - 11:11
    +4

    Does anyone think JD Vance looks like Bruce Lehrmann?

  • m0usju1c3 on 20/07/2024 - 11:12
    +8

    The salt flows mightily here.

    • belongsinforums on 20/07/2024 - 11:34
      -2

      Bookmarking this comment for election day

      • m0usju1c3 on 20/07/2024 - 14:21

        Lol "election day"? As in the election for the USA? Why?

        • belongsinforums on 20/07/2024 - 14:36
          -1

          See who's salty

          • m0usju1c3 on 20/07/2024 - 16:19

            @belongsinforums: Well considering the current political landscape over there I'd say you're very game, however regardless if Trump/Vance win or not, I'm not entirely bothered. I'm just here to see the salt. I live in the Great Southern Land 🇦🇺

            • belongsinforums on 20/07/2024 - 17:01

              @m0usju1c3: considering your other comments, i think youre the one who cares the most

              • m0usju1c3 on 20/07/2024 - 21:04

                @belongsinforums: Cares the most out of you and I? Buddy you first brought up the US election out of nowhere, and I apparently care the most??

  • ENSLAVER on 20/07/2024 - 12:39

    It's interesting if you want to psychoanalyze the rise of Trump voters in the US. Useless if you buy it because you're a sycophant.

    • m0usju1c3 on 20/07/2024 - 16:20
      +1

      Orange man bad, mkay.

  • belongsinforums on 20/07/2024 - 14:37
    -2

    This the guy that wants to make abortion for child victims of rape illegal?

    • Tock on 20/07/2024 - 15:00

      Same guy.

  • bboink on 20/07/2024 - 16:02
    +1

    Where is the bargain in this? Seems normal or close to price? Ozrrp?

  • Franks Hair Salon on 22/07/2024 - 16:26

    Wouldn't take it if you paid me to take it off you. Will be full of lies, just like the rest of the cult members books.
    Facts and the truth aren't required in MAGA world. In fact they're frowned upon. See Fox. $787.5 Million and counting……….

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